A police officer had to fire several shots to stop dogs on the attack. A woman was airlifted to the hospital following the incident in Sanford. Dave McDaniel (@WESHMcDaniel) has the latest update.

A police officer had to fire several shots to stop dogs on the attack. A woman was airlifted to the hospital following the incident in Sanford. Dave McDaniel (@WESHMcDaniel) has the latest update.

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Updated: 7:54 PM EST Jan 20, 2016

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WEBVTT THE EFFORT TO FIGURE OUT HOW DOGS, DESCRIBED AS PETS, COULD GET SO OUT OF CONTROL. DAVE: IT WAS A CHAOTIC SCENE WHEN FIRST RESPONDERS SHOWED UP AT STONEBROOK APARTMENTS TUESDAY. A SANFORD SERGEANT WRITES IN HIS REPORT, ADULTS AND KIDS ON SCENE WERE SCREAMING THAT THE DOGS ARE KILLING HER. THEN HE SAID HE RAN IN, WITNESSING THE DOGS BITING THE VICTIM IN THE ARMS, LEGS AND UPPER BODY. BIANCA GILLETT: HE HAD TO DISCHARGE HIS FIREARM. DAVE: THE OFFICER FIRED, TO STOP THE DOGS, BUT INSTEAD HE SAYS ONE CHARGED HIM. HE SHOT IT, AND BEFORE IT WAS OVER, FIVE DOGS HAD BEEN SHOT AND KILLED. A SIX THE DOG -- A 6TH DOG WAS TAKEN FROM THE APARTMENT AND IS NOW IN QUARANTINE. INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE HOW THIS STARTED, ENDING WITH FIVE PEOPLE HURT, ONE WOMAN HURT SO BADLY, SHE WAS AIRLIFTED WITH LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. ANY PREVIOUS HISTORY WITH THESE DOGS? BIANCA GILLETT: WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT. THERE'S A POSSIBILITY, WE'RE IN THE COURSE OF INVESTIGATING THAT. DAVE: ANIMAL CONTROL SAID IT HAS NO PREVIOUS ISSUES WITH DOGS AT THIS ADDRESS. THE APARTMENT SAID IN AN E-MAIL STATEMENT, "THE DOGS INVOLVED IN THE ATTACK WERE UNAUTHORIZED PETS, WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED UNDER THE TERMS OF OUR LEASE." APARTMENT COMPLEX MANAGEMENT WOULD NOT PROVIDE CLARIFICATION ON WHETHER THE LEASE ISSUE WAS BECAUSE OF THE BREED OF THE DOGS OR THE NUMBER. DAKOTA CALLOW: THERE SHOULDN'T BE THAT MANY DOGS IN THAT ONE APARTMENT. DAVE: LATE TODAY, SANFORD POLICE RELEASED A REPORT WHERE FOUR DOGS BIT TWO PEOPLE A MONTH AGO AT A DIFFERENT SANFORD ADDRESS. THOSE PEOPLE ARE RELATED, WE'RE

Police investigate Sanford dog attack

A police officer had to fire several shots to stop dogs on the attack. A woman was airlifted to the hospital following the incident in Sanford. Dave McDaniel (@WESHMcDaniel) has the latest update.